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The US Senate is closer to joining the US House in sacrificing our children and grandchildren to psychological manipulation and Baby Common Core. By a vote of 84-12 they cut off further debate (invoked cloture). For Florida, Democrat Bill Nelson voted yes and Republican and presidential candidate Marco Rubio was absent. Of the other presidential candidates, Republicans Ted Cruz and Rand Paul properly voted against the motion, while Lindsey Graham was absent and Socialist Democrat Bernie Sanders was also absent. The full roll call is available HERE. More analysis from Breitbart is available HERE.

We thank the following courageous 12, who are listening to parents instead of lobbyists and Common Core proponents:

Blunt (R-MO)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)

Lee (R-UT)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)

Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Vitter (R-LA)

THE FINAL VOTE HAS BEEN SET FOR TOMORROW 12/9 - YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO CONTACT THE SENATE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:

Please contact your US Senators by phone or social media. The full Social Media Directory for phone, Facebook, Instagram is available from Patriot Journalist. Here is some of Florida's Senator information:

3) Congressional Talking Points for ESSA are the Same as for FAILED NCLB

Both Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) droned on about how this bill is such a boon to "local control" and "flexibility" among many other wonders. We have provided copious evidence that this is NOT the case at all (HERE, HERE, and HERE for example), but it is very interesting to note that this is almost exactly the same rhetoric that they employed for No Child Left Behind 14 years ago, and we all know how well that turned out. EVERY one of these have FAILED in NCLB and are made WORSE by ESSA (Hat Tip - Sharena Arrington):

Expands local control of schools by providing new freedom and decision-making authority to every local school district in America. Provides local communities with more flexibility and more control over how federal education funds are used.Allows states to design and implement their annual tests. Explicitly prohibits federally sponsored national testing or federally controlled curricula.Streamlines federal K-12 education programs from 55 to 45.